Irish adventures & quality of life

Privacy & Cookies

On this site I use the default WordPress comment form to enable discussion and connect with people who visit the site. The form collects name, e-mail address, site url (if you leave one), content you write, Gravatar photo (if you uploaded one to gravatar.com) and ip address. Only your name, url, comment and picture (if you’ve chosen to use Gravatar) will be visible on the site. Your name, e-mail, comment and ip address will be saved in the database which is stored on a server in Dublin, Ireland, through a reliable web hosting company.

An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it.

After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible on the site next to your comment.

If you wish to receive e-mails when there is a reply to a comment you have left on the site, the e-mail address you have provided in the comment form will be used for this. To opt in, you can click the check box “subscribe to comments” near the comment form

Visitor comments will be checked through an automated spam detection service to protect the site against spam.

By using the comment form you accept these conditions. If you would change your mind and wish to be deleted from the database, let me know by sending an e-mail.

Mailchimp

This site uses the Mailchimp service to send e-mail notifications when there are new blog posts, if you have chosen to sign up for the e-mail list.
I will never use your e-mail for anything else than notifications. If you wish to unsubscribe from these e-mails, you can do so any time by using the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the e-mail.

If you leave a comment on our site you can opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

Statistics

This site uses Statcounter for statistics about visitors, and will collect anonymised information about you:

your location

what device, OS and web browser you use to visit the website

where you came from to visit the website (if you clicked a link on another website, social media for example)

what links on this website you click on

how long you stay on this website

if you are a new or returning visitor

…and similar things regarding your visits and behaviour on this website. This information makes me see overall statistics about website visitors which helps me improve the website and its content.

If you do not want this information to be collected, find a floating button with a cog wheel near the bottom left on this site, click there and change your cookie settings. If you disable third party cookies, Statcounter won’t load.

I will NEVER share your information with anyone for commercial purposes and I don’t use services on this website that will track you elsewhere on the internet.

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Privacy Overview

This site uses cookies to enable certain useful function such as commenting and analytics. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.

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If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.

3rd Party Cookies

This website uses the Statcounter service to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages.

Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website.

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